Perella Weinberg Partners' launch in 2006 was one of the most
closely watched debuts in banking history. Today, the firm
consists of approximately 650 employees, who work out of offices in
New York, Houston, London, Abu Dhabi, Denver, Dubai, San Francisco,
Calgary, and Los Angeles. Founder Joseph Perella made his
name as a pioneer dealmaker at First Boston in the 1980s, then left
to create Wasserstein, Perella & Co. with Bruce Wasserstein
(the former chairman and CEO of Lazard). Perella's last gig
before founding Perella Weinberg Partners was as vice chairman of
Morgan Stanley, where he became close with some of America's top
M&A talent. A shareholder revolt at Morgan Stanley-the
ruckus that led to the 2005 resignation of chairman Philip
Purcell-prompted Perella to leave the firm, sparking rumors that he
would open his own boutique. Indeed he did, and several Morgan
Stanley advisors jumped ship to join him, becoming Perella Weinberg
Partners' first hires. Prior to founding Perella Weinberg Partners,
Peter Weinberg was the CEO of Goldman Sachs International and an
accomplished banker as well, and Terry Meguid was Head of Worldwide
Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.

In 2014, Perella Weinberg Partners appointed Robert Steel as
CEO. Steel's career of almost 40 years in financial services
includes both public and private sector experience. He is the
former CEO of Wachovia Corporation, served as Under Secretary for
Domestic Finance at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and spent
nearly 30 years at Goldman Sachs, where he ultimately became head
of the global equities division, vice chairman and a member of the
firm's Management Committee. Most recently, he worked as New York
City's Deputy Mayor for Economic Development under Mayor Michael
Bloomberg. Steel leads the firm alongside Joseph Perella, who
continues to serves as Chairman; Peter Weinberg and Bobby Tudor,
Co-Head's of Advisory; and Terry Abdel-Meguid and Aaron Hood,
co-heads of asset management.

In 2016, Perella Weinberg Partners combined with Tudor Pickering
Holt & Co, a leading energy investment bank. The combination
added an energy M&A advisory franchise along with an energy
securities research, underwriting, and trading services business
and $2 billion in assets under management to PWP. Prior to the
combination, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. had advised on more
than $175 billion worth of energy services advisory assignments and
more than $75 billion worth of capital markets transactions.